Splitting data across servers Day 121 of 149 👉 Full deep-dive with code examples The Library Card Catalog Analogy One huge card catalog is hard to use: Long lines at one catalog If it breaks, no one can find books Split by letters: A-F catalog in room 1 G-M catalog in room 2 N-Z catalog in room 3 Search is faster, and if one catalog goes down, you can still use the others (but you lose acce
🍕 Database Sharding Explained Like You're 5
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